Upcoming Events Mar 26 “Poetics as a Way of Life in Rajasekhara’s Kavyamimamsa” – SAS Colloquium w/ CJ Passarella On March 26, 2025 at 5:30 pm Mar 27 Asia’s Border Conflicts & Indigenous Approaches to Peace and Healing On March 27, 2025 at 12:00 pm Mar 27 Good Density as Urban Justice – The State of Architecture in South Asia On March 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm Mar 28 Filipino Language Table + Friday Tea On March 28, 2025 at 3:00 pm Mar 31 “Seed Stories” Film Screening and Discussion On March 31, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 01 Last day upon which May and next November degree candidates may submit an approved foreign language citation study plan to the Office of the Registrar. On April 1, 2025 Apr 01 Visiting Artist Fellows Art Exhibition Launch On April 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 02 Fall 2025: Course Registration Opens for Returning Students. On April 2, 2025 Apr 02 Art and the coup d’état: Tibetan Buddhist imperial commissions and Mongol Civil Wars of the 1320s: IAAS Lecture Series On April 2, 2025 at 1:15 pm Apr 02 Literary Translation at Harvard: Faculty and Student Showcase On April 2, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 02 “Daoxuan’s Dialogue with the Celestial Beings” -HBSF series On April 2, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 03 Kattumaram (Catamaran) Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A On April 3, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 04 Urbanization and the Rise of the Right in India – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics On April 4, 2025 at 2:00 pm Apr 04 Tamil Aesthetics and Cinema: Landscape and Emotions On April 4, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 07 Last day upon which students may withdraw from a spring term course. On April 7, 2025 Apr 07 “Pooja, Sir!” Film Screening and Discussion On April 7, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 10 “On the Edge: The Divan of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir” — AKPIA Lecture Series On April 10, 2025 at 6:00 pm Apr 11 Bhakti Yoga Conference – (Daily) On April 11, 2025 Apr 11 Filipino Language Table + Friday Tea On April 11, 2025 at 3:00 pm Apr 11 Sanā’ī’s Sufi-Inspired Political Advice: Between Frank Speech and Hyperbole On April 11, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 14 Public Lecture by Distinguished Artist Fellow Naiza Khan On April 14, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 16 Fall 2025: Course Registration Deadline for Returning Students. On April 16, 2025 Apr 16 SAS Graduate Student Colloquium – Pariroo Rattan On April 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 23 “The Sūtra on Gravity of Retribution for Transgression of Precepts: A Short Text on the Hellish Torment Awating Monks and Nuns Who Break the Rules” — HBSF On April 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm Apr 24 “Reassessing Qarakhanid Funerary Architecture: Portals, Patronage, and Shaping Royal Identity in Pre-Mongol Central Asia” –AKPIA Lecture Series On April 24, 2025 at 6:00 pm Apr 25 The Real in the Ruins: ʿAttar’s Poetry as a Response to Islamic Intellectual History On April 25, 2025 at 5:00 pm Apr 30 Last Day of Spring Full Term classes. On April 30, 2025 May 26 All Grades Released. On May 26, 2025 May 26 University Holiday: Memorial Day. On May 26, 2025 May 29 Commencement On May 29, 2025 Past Events Mar 19 Opening of Crimson Carts for Fall 2025 On March 19, 2025 Mar 14 Burning Refuge Collective Conference on Diaspora Buddhism On March 14, 2025 Mar 07 Exploring Fields of Study – SAS Open House On March 7, 2025 at 1:00 pm Mar 07 Southeast Asia Visibility Week and Conference On March 7, 2025 Mar 06 “The Voice of the Artist, the Will of the Patron: Rethinking Agency in the Great Mongol Shahnama” — AKPIA Lecture Series On March 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm Mar 05 Musical Language Worlds of Bengali Bāuls and Fakirs On March 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm Mar 05 Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Role of Pretas in Constructing Human Embodied Difference — HBSF On March 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm Mar 05 Early Herders of Inner Asia and Subsistence Transformations in the Altai: IAAS Lecture Series On March 5, 2025 at 1:15 pm Mar 01 Bhakti Yoga Conference: Grace in an Age of Distraction On March 1, 2025 Feb 28 Mah Laqa Bai ‘Chanda’ (1768–1820): Gender, Devotion, and Ecstasy in the Poetry of a Shīʿī Muslim Courtesan of Hyderabad, South India On February 28, 2025 at 5:00 pm Feb 28 “How Partisan are the ‘Village Republics’? How Democratization Shapes Local Partisanship in India” – Joint Seminar on South Asian Politics On February 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm Feb 27 Revisiting the 1959 Artifact Donation from the Government of India to Malaya On February 27, 2025 at 5:30 pm Feb 27 Trump 2.0: Journalistic Insights on U.S.-Asia Relations On February 27, 2025 at 11:30 am Feb 24 Archives of Dissent: Sexuality. Caste. History. On February 24, 2025 at 5:00 pm Feb 24 Deadline to add or drop a course. On February 24, 2025 Feb 21 Filipino Language Table + Friday Tea On February 21, 2025 at 3:00 pm Feb 19 “The Adventure of Timun Mas (Golden Cucumber): Learning Javanese Language and Culture through a Digital Game.” On February 19, 2025 at 4:30 pm Feb 18 Caste and Inequality in Heat Stress Exposure in India On February 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm Feb 17 University Holiday: Presidents’ Day. On February 17, 2025 Feb 13 The Environment Forum: A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert On February 13, 2025 at 6:00 pm Feb 12 May Degree Application Opens. On February 12, 2025 Feb 10 Last day upon which undergraduates may drop or add any course without a fee On February 10, 2025 Feb 07 Filipino Language Table + Friday Tea On February 7, 2025 at 3:00 pm Feb 06 “Enchanting Delights: Qajar Still-life Painting in Context” –AKPIA Lecture Series On February 6, 2025 at 6:00 pm Feb 05 IAAS Lecture: An Equine Metric for Climate Change? On February 5, 2025 at 1:15 pm Feb 03 Open Add/Drop deadline – After this date students must obtain permission from all instructors to enroll in courses. On February 3, 2025 Jan 31 Searching for a Lyric Pulse: Early Modern Persian Biopoetics On January 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm Jan 27 First day of Spring Classes On January 27, 2025 Jan 20 University Holiday: Martin Luther King Day. On January 20, 2025 Jan 13 Open Add/Drop period begins On January 13, 2025 Event Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Series Harvard Oriental Lecture Serie Sangam Tamil Lecture Series
